Thyme To Garden - September 2019

[ABSpareEditor]

Last month's thread is here.

We are coming up to the end of Summer. This means that Autumn is on its way!

It will soon be time to harvest those autumnal vegetables. Have you got many vegetables growing?

[teacake44]

No veg, but still waiting for pears to ripen on next doors tree, so I can nick half a dozen. :)

[anotheoldgit]

I think the days of dig for victory are over.

These days they are more inclined to slab over good growing land so as to install patios for their barbecuing events, and some will even cover the land over with Tree Bark and also Pebbles.

Anything that prevents them from getting their spades and mowers out.

Anyway it is far less effort and trouble and cheaper to get their vegetables etc from such outlets such as Aldi.

[NellieMay]

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, runner beans and courgettes. Old Apple trees in small orchard (I dont like apples!). I have nothing to do with growing them though and don't even visit that part of the garden.

[Barmaid]

We've got tomatoes, courgettes and peppers in the greenhouse.

I'm getting sick to death of apples.

Next year we will have a veg plot. We knew it would be too much this year tho.

[teacake44]

Nellie, if you got to many tomatoes throw them at the protesters. :)

[woofgang]

Peas are long gone and enjoyed, also cherries and strawberries. have got great hopes of having globe artichokes next year as the baby plants I bought are doing well. Got a good set on the squashes this year, around 10 but I don't count those as guaranteed until they are much bigger. I have added thorness blackberries ansd raspberries this year and a bush mulberry. Something got hold of my grapes so I will need to net them next year. Fabulous crop of cherry plums that are like mirabelles and 10 excellent figs which, to me is a really excellent crop year. Haven't taken off the ones that won't ripen yet as I may get a few more if we get a St Martin's summer. The crab apples are bending the branches down on my one small tree. Not sure what I will do with them as I have got a lot of jelly left from 2017....might try making a syrup. I will have to harvest them or it will be a wasps' banquet out there.

[Chipchopper]

Just pruned my blueberry bushes in the hope of a good harvest for next year, as they flower on the new growth.
Managing to keep the buddlea flowering by regular dead heading.
Watering my trees is keeping me busy!

[Old_Geezer]

Still eating the early spuds, main ones might be ready for all I know. Sweetcorn will need harvesting soon. Tomatoes few and still green though.

Failed miserably to get cabbage and spinach going. And something (slugs & snails ?) kept eating the french beans before they got going.

[NellieMay]

Teacake. I love tomatoes. There will never be too many. However, the rotten apples might be a good idea! :o)

[rowanwitch]

just had the last of the french beans, the tomatoes are still cropping as are the cucumbers, Balcony is a mass of flowers so edibles in the form of nasturtiums too. Next year will be just exotic shrubs and white flowers so a complete rejig in the offing.
Garden project one requires a pond move and I will be losing my veg beds
Garden project two is just about ok needs more easy care stuff in one bed
Garden project three is at the final planning stage

[Chipchopper]

Thyme To Harvest Rain Water ?.

I've seen so many trees, shrubs and other planted crops going into an early Autumn mode, I feel glad that I was able to intercept what little rain there was in my rain butts. before it hit to ground.